"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."

-- Virgil Thomson

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“There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is giving us today: everyone concerned for the hungry, the naked, the poor, for those who have vanished in police custody, for the tortured, for prisoners, for all flesh that suffers, has God close at hand. We have the ability, we have the means, and we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth. We need only the will.”
“Psychopaths are not crazy; they are fully aware of what they do, and the consequences of those actions.”
“If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find.”
“I never yell, I never tell, but I'm grateful as hell.”
“They say everything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.”
“A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.”
“Peace has a great deal to do with warm-heartednes s and respect for the lives of others, avoiding doing them harm and regarding their lives as being as precious as our own. If, on that basis, we can also be of help to others, so much the better.”
“You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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